Academic left uses ‘Comfort Animals’ as another way to infantilize young adults

[Locutus]

I’m glad someone has a full-time job in America. The problem is it’s the left turning our young people into whining, and for many, functionally illiterate victims.

Controlling the intellectual outlook of students isn’t enough for academic liberals, they are now working to infantilize our bright and eager next generation into helpless, neurotic babies, who require — wait for it — “Comfort Animals” to help them cope with the pressures of college.

That’s right, The New York Times is reporting on colleges “debating” the rising demand for “Comfort Animals” on campus, a story within which they profile two young women who share their campus apartment with a 103-pound German Shepherd and a 2-pound dwarf rabbit. Because they’re “very anxious people,” have anxiety and depression, and one of them gets panic attacks.


cure your micro aggressive triggers here kids


TAMMY BRUCE: College liberals' 'Comfort Animals' turn young adults into neurotic babies - Washington Times

 

[AnnaG]

?? What the hell ever happened to goldfish, pet rocks, and chiapets?

 

[Locutus]

what the hell happened to saying 'no' to this spineless bullsh!t.

 

[darkbeaver]

Teddy Bears and sooky blankets for everyone.

 

[Serryah]

IMO this isn't a liberal problem or a con problem; it's a society problem. The "need" to protect kids from everything, including the idea of failure has made these kids now anxious when they hit university/college where failure is a real thing, for the first time in their lives.

 

[Twila]

IMO this isn't a liberal problem or a con problem; it's a society problem. The "need" to protect kids from everything, including the idea of failure has made these kids now anxious when they hit university/college where failure is a real thing, for the first time in their lives.

no participation ribbon is going to help them now, eh?

 

[Cannuck]

“A growing diagnosis.” It used to be called “Being a teenager and moving away from home into a new and unique environment.” Now it’s an official mental illness.

Anxiety isn't an "official mental illness'". Writers should take some time to do a little research of the topic they are writing about.

 

[AnnaG]

IMO this isn't a liberal problem or a con problem; it's a society problem. The "need" to protect kids from everything, including the idea of failure has made these kids now anxious when they hit university/college where failure is a real thing, for the first time in their lives.

Of course it is. And it stems largely from insanely huge nanny gov'ts trying to micromanage everything and the media enforcing the concept.

 

[Cannuck]

Or maybe it's just science understanding how the brain functions and how it's stimulated. Some folks are just uncomfortable with scientific progress.

 

[Locutus]

There are many things wrong with this situation, so let’s start with the most dangerous development: the wholesale assessing of our young people as disturbed. By artificially enlarging the pool of “mentally ill” people to include those with transient and circumstantial emotional ups and downs, we are diluting our ability to truly recognize and properly deal with the genuinely disturbed.

silly people, tricks are for kids.

 

[AnnaG]

Or maybe it's just science understanding how the brain functions and how it's stimulated.

By doing what?

Some folks are just uncomfortable with scientific progress.

And some are uncomfortable with science period. So?

There are many things wrong with this situation, so let’s start with the most dangerous development: the wholesale assessing of our young people as disturbed. By artificially enlarging the pool of “mentally ill” people to include those with transient and circumstantial emotional ups and downs, we are diluting our ability to truly recognize and properly deal with the genuinely disturbed.

"Our ability"? Who is "our" referring to?

 

[Locutus]

By doing what? And some are uncomfortable with science period. So?

"Our ability"? Who is "our" referring to?

cannuck-like folk.

 

[AnnaG]

ahh "Folk" implies multiples. Scary thought.

 

[Cannuck]

By doing what?

It depends on what the desired affect is. In this particular case there seems to be some confusion between anxiety and anxiety disorders. Does your question relate to either one specifically or just general understanding of the science of the brain?

 

[Locutus]

ahh "Folk" implies multiples. Scary thought.

I assume he's man enough to have bred at least once. :lol:

anyway, folk.

 

[AnnaG]

It depends on what the desired affect is. In this particular case there seems to be some confusion between anxiety and anxiety disorders. Does your question relate to either one specifically or just general understanding of the science of the brain?

Neither.

 

[Cannuck]

Neither.

Oh dear!! Am I talking over your head?

 

[AnnaG]

Oh dear!! Am I talking over your head?

Don't be silly. I have no idea where you are talking from, but there's only ceiling above me. I suspect you are in AB somewhere.

 

[Scooby]

Funny how some people clench up when anxiety is mentioned.

 

[Locutus]

funny how anxious some people get when liberals are mentioned.